Sausage-stuffer.



No. 803,854. PATENTED Nov. 7, 1905. s RBSSLBR SAUSAGB STUFPER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAUSAGE-STUFFER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

Application filed September 3, 1904. Serial Nol 223,167.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL REssLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sausage-Stuffers; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a sausage-stuffer; and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set pointed outparticularly in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient means forstuffing the sausage-casings, the arrangement being such as to enablethe casings to be quickly and perfectly stuffed and to' insurecheapness, strength, and durability, the operative parts beingprincipally of wood and detachable to insure cleanliness.

The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in theaccompanying' drawing, in which- Figure l1 is a plan view of a deviceinvolving my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectiontherethrough as on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section ason line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view, inhorizontal section, as on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail in planof the pressure-chamber and tilting partition therein.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates the sides, and 2the end pieces, of the rectangular frame in which the pressurechamber 3is located. The sides of said chamber are formed by the side pieces ofthe frame, and the ends and bottom are formed by means of the metalconcave 4, preferably of galvanized iron, which describes a semicircleand the ends of which are fastened in the ends of the case at the top.Dividing the pressure-chamber centrally into quadrants of a circle isthe transverse partition 5,

whose ends are confined in the tapering ways 6 in the inner faces ofsaid side pieces, which allow the ends of said partition to rock fromside to side for purposes hereinafter eX- plained. A portion of thelower corner of .recess 3 in the side of the frame with which thetapered channels 6 communicate. The sides of the partition leading tothe opening occupied by the gate 6'n1 are beveled toward the hinge 7 andsaid beveled parts are covered by a strip of sheet metal 9. By means ofthe beveled faces on opposite sides of the partition 5, leading to thehinged gate, the sausage is more perfectly directed toward and into therecess 8, in which is fitted the inner end of the tube 10, whichprojects through the side and out of which the sausage is dischargedinto the casings which are previously strung upon said tube, as will bewell understood. The manner in which the tube is inserted through therecess 8 enables it to be readily withdrawn for cleaning.

As before stated, the tilting partition 5 divides the pressure chambertransversely,

.and the sausage is forced from the opposite .divisions of said chamberby-means of a segmental block 11, which is of such width as to it snuglybetween the sides of said chamber and is mounted upon a transverse shaft12, whose ends are journaled, as at 13, in bearing-recesses in thesides. Upon one end of the shaft 12 is a lever 14, by means of whichsaid shaft is rocked or oscillated to swing the segmental block 11 fromside to side in the operation of the machine.

The arc of the circle described by the segmental block is concentricwith the concave of the pressure-chamber, so that as the lever 14 isswun from side to side said block is caused to a ternately occupy thedivisions of the pressure-chamber upon each side of the partition 5.

Hinged at 15 to the top of the frame or case is a rectangular hopper 16,which corresponds in size with the pressure-chamber and is adapted to bemaintained in place upon the top of said chamber by the hooks 17 orother suitable fastening. The under edges of the hopper where theyengage over the shaft 12 are rounded out to embrace said shaft, so thatwhen the hopper is secured in place said shaft is securely retained inthe journal-bearings formed between the meetin@r edges of the case andthe hopper.

n the operation of this device the seg- IOO IIO

mental block 11 is turned to fill one of the divisions of the chamber,so as to freely expose the entrance to the other division, which isfilled with ground sausage-meat. The block is then reversed through theoperation of the lever 14, causing it to engage the sausagemeat in thefilled division of the pressurechamber and as said block is forced intosaid chamber to press the sausage therefrom through the recess 8 and thetube l0, leading from said recess. The pressure of the sausage-meatagainst the gate 6a will crowd it over to the limit of its movement inthe recess 8, so that the sausage is directed by said gate into the tubel0. When all of the sausage has been forced from the filled division ofthe pressure-chamber and while the segmental block is still occupyingsaid chamber the opposite chamber is filled with sausagemeat and theblock is rotated in the opposite direction to engage the sausage-meattherein and force it therefrom. Because of the hinging of the gate at 7,as soon as pressure is applied from either side said gate will swing tothe opposite side, thereby preventing the passage of the sausage fromone division to the other and always directing it out the spout or tubel0. It will be noted that the faces of the segmental block that eX- ertthe pressure upon the sausage are radial with respect to the axis ofoscillation of the block and that in order to permit all of the sausagein each division of the pressure-chamber to be forced therefrom thepartition 5 must tilt or oscillate to enable the pressureface of theblock to move into vertical alineinent with its axis of oscillation andinto full contact with the face of said partition, as shown in Fig'. 2.For this reason the ways 6 in the sides in which the ends of thepartition are confined are made ta ering, bein larger at their upperends to al ow of the t' ting of said partition.

When it is desired to disassemble the machine after use, the hopper isswung backwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the shaft andits segmental pressureblock may be removed, after which the partition 5may be withdrawn, allowing free access to all parts, enabling them to bethoroughly cleansed.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what l claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sausage-stuffer, comprising a frame having a concaved receptacletherein, a transverse partition dividing said receptacle and having anopening in the lower corner thereof, a gate hinged in said opening toswing from side to side, a discharge-spout communicating with saidopening across which said gate swings to direct the sausage from thedivisions of the receptacle into said spout, a segmental block mountedto rock from side to side and successively occupy the divisions of thereceptacle to force the sausage therefrom, the dividing-partition beingmovable laterally to allow it to tilt and permit the pressure-face ofsaid block to come into full contact therewith, and means foroscillating said block.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL RESSLER.

Witnesses:

E. S. WHEELER, I. G. HowLETT.

